Level Up (A5E) How would you rule this? Elf marshal question
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W'rkncacnter
Hero
i don't really interpret telepathy as seeing or hearing, more just information popping up in your brain, so i'd say no.
that said, i can't think of a use case where this would be particularly useful anyway, so it feels like a slightly redundant question to me,
that said, i can't think of a use case where this would be particularly useful anyway, so it feels like a slightly redundant question to me,
Not really, if you can sense your comrade is behind a door, you can "speak" words of comfort in his head and rally him for example
W'rkncacnter
Hero
yeah, but...couldn't you just shout?
W'rkncacnter
Hero
i don't really see what commanding presence or rallying surge would do for him then, but i guess that's a tangent.
i personally still don't really think it qualifies, but i don't think it'd break anything if you allowed it.
Yeah... I'd go with "Yes, it works"
Rallying Surge doesn't require you to share a language or even specifically hear the Marshal since seeing them perform whatever the Rallying Surge action is is enough to trigger it's effects. The only important thing is that you are able to interact.
Rallying Surge can be "You're going to be okay" as words you say, or sign language you speak. But it can also be a challenging cry, or raising your banner high, or making brief eye contact containing deep emotional meaning that says more than a thousand words could convey before charging back into the fray.
Conveying any, or all, of those things Telepathically feels equally weighty, to me.
Rallying Surge doesn't require you to share a language or even specifically hear the Marshal since seeing them perform whatever the Rallying Surge action is is enough to trigger it's effects. The only important thing is that you are able to interact.
Rallying Surge can be "You're going to be okay" as words you say, or sign language you speak. But it can also be a challenging cry, or raising your banner high, or making brief eye contact containing deep emotional meaning that says more than a thousand words could convey before charging back into the fray.
Conveying any, or all, of those things Telepathically feels equally weighty, to me.
W'rkncacnter
Hero
yeah, that the requirement is more about being able to communicate the necessary idea is a good point.
I can envision some scenes from LotR where Arwen "speaks" with Aragorn telepathically. He hears her thoughts in her voice, so he knows its unmistakably her speaking and could be rallied by that imo.
As for command strike, I think it would follow the same logic: " I know you can't see, but I will be your eyes - strike high to your left now!"
As for command strike, I think it would follow the same logic: " I know you can't see, but I will be your eyes - strike high to your left now!"
